The Sea-Hawk

A rousing story of pirate adventure, hair raising duels and romance WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CONN IGGULDEN Oliver Tressilian, a Cornish gentleman, is blessed with ‘youth, wealth, and good digestion’. When he is betrayed by his half-brother he becomes a Barbary pirate and wins the title of Sakr-el-Bahr - Hawk of the Sea. He becomes the scourge of the Mediterranean and the terror of Christians.... About the Author Rafael Sabatini was born in Jesi, Italy in 1875 to an English mother and Italian father, both renowned opera singers. At a young age, Rafael travelled frequently, and could speak six languages fluently by the age of seventeen. After a brief stint in the business world, Sabatini turned to writing. He worked prolifically, writing short stories in the 1890s, with his first novel published in 1902. Scaramouche was published in 1921 to widespread acclaim, and was soon followed by the equally succesful Captain Blood and The Sea Hawk. He died on February 13, 1950 in Switzerland.